156: A sudden miracle drug

In the underground room, Su Yue began analyzing the existing intelligence.

And now, with the spread of black scale disease, there are already signs of it spreading throughout the City.

Living in this City, no one can remain unaffected, not even Su Yue.

When the infection is likely to affect himself and those around him.

Su Yue now also wants to investigate the truth as soon as possible and expose the mastermind behind all of this.

At this moment, the name Norman Pharmaceuticals was already imprinted in Su Yue's mind.

...

"Liang Team, we've checked all the surveillance footage from that night, but we still haven't found any trace of that group of people."

At the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team, a police officer reported to Liang Yuzhu.

"Also, that van was a scrapped vehicle, so we couldn't find any valuable clues at all."

Listening to Police officers' reports, Liang Yuzhu frowned tightly.

Currently, the intelligence obtained from Yuan suggests that this group of people is the most worth investigating.

Analyzing the current situation, it is this group that is deliberately spreading the black scale disease.

As long as they can catch one of them, they will surely be able to pry something out of their mouths.

But frustratingly, after receiving Old Sha's call that night saying that group of Fat Bears had reappeared.

They quickly dispatched officers and searched for a long time along the route Old Sha provided.

Yet, that group of people seemed to have vanished into thin air, not appearing in any surveillance footage.

Now, with clues but no one caught, it made Liang Yuzhu somewhat troubled.

"Liang Team! Something's up!" Just as Liang Yuzhu was deep in thought.

Zhao Hu, the Deputy Team Leader of the Criminal Investigation Team, suddenly ran over in a hurry, as if he had received some important clue.

Seeing Zhao Hu's appearance, Liang Yuzhu's spirits instantly lifted.

"What is it? Is there news about that group of people?"

However, when Liang Yuzhu's question sounded, Zhao Hu shook his head and handed his phone to Liang Yuzhu.

"No, Liang Team, look at today's report!"

Liang Yuzhu took the phone in confusion, her gaze falling on the screen.

What Zhao Hu had searched for was a news report.

When she saw the words on it clearly, her expression gradually became surprised.

"This... where did this come from?!"

Following Liang Yuzhu's voice, the other police officers also took out their phones in confusion upon seeing the situation.

And at the same time, a news report was pushed to everyone's phone without exception:

"Today's Special Report: A pharmaceutical company has successfully developed a special medicine for black scale disease."

"It is reported that by simply applying the ointment to the affected area, the painful and itchy symptoms of black scale disease can be greatly alleviated."

In the report, a female reporter was speaking to the camera, and judging by the background, she was in a hospital.

"Next, let's go and interview a patient who has already used this special medicine."

Immediately, the camera shifted, showing a middle-aged man accepting the interview through the window of a hospital room with a smile on his face.

If Su Yue were present, he would definitely recognize him at a glance; this person was none other than the Director of the Market Department.

"Oh, it works!"

The Director spread his hands, demonstrating in the hospital room towards the camera.

His affected area on his arm, which was originally covered in black scales, had now been replaced by white ointment.

"This ointment is really effective. It started working as soon as I applied it."

"Now my arm doesn't hurt at all, and I don't have that itching feeling I had before."

After getting the Director's explanation of the efficacy, to avoid suspicion of advertising.

The female reporter quickly signaled the cameraman to turn the camera back and said:

"We interviewed several patients, and the conclusions were very similar. It seems to be indeed effective."

"And the sudden appearance of black scale disease recently has caused great distress to the general public."

"We don't know if this special medicine can completely cure black scale disease? This station will continue to follow..."

Inside the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team, Liang Yuzhu and Police officers also finished watching the report.

For a moment, everyone's expressions were a little strange.

However, one police officer seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after watching the report:

"Phew, finally someone has developed a medicine."

"If this can really cure it, we can also relax a bit."

His words were not meant as a complaint.

It's just that during this time, in order to prevent the black scale disease from continuing to spread, Police have been working day and night to find the group of people who released the pathogens.

And thinking that their investigation might concern the entire City, Police have been working non-stop.

However, after Police officer's words fell, the people around him did not relax their vigilance at all.

Liang Yuzhu still had a tight frown, as if she was thinking about something.

Zhao Hu also noticed Liang Yuzhu's unusual behavior and pointed it out:

"Liang Team, the sudden appearance of a special medicine now seems a bit off, right?"

"The development of this medicine, from project initiation to clinical trials, would take at least several months."

"Moreover, the hospital is still trying to determine the cause of black scale disease, yet a pharmaceutical company has already developed a special medicine?"

"Unless..." Zhao Hu muttered suspiciously.

And Liang Yuzhu's eyes also narrowed, naturally understanding what Zhao Hu was saying.

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Liang Yuzhu got up and left in a hurry.

"Huh? Liang Team, where are you going?" Zhao Hu and the others asked from behind.

Hearing the sound, Liang Yuzhu replied without looking back:

"I'm going to find Director Zhang to apply for an investigation!"

...

Soon, in the conference room, Director Zhang stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the report about the special medicine.

"Director Zhang, I think there's something fishy about this."

Members of the Criminal Investigation Team were sitting in the conference room, and Liang Yuzhu spoke first:

"I previously investigated with Dr. Chu from the Second Peoples Hospital. The skin disease experts in the City are still trying to determine the cause of black scale disease."

"Currently, those experts haven't found any results, yet at this very moment, a pharmaceutical company has already developed a special medicine?"

"And the development of this medicine, from project initiation to clinical trials, would take at least several months."

"How long has this black scale disease been around? It's too fast, isn't it?"

Liang Yuzhu reported to Director Zhang, but Zhao Hu found these words more and more familiar as he listened.

After realizing, he looked at Liang Yuzhu in surprise and couldn't help but think to himself:

"Aren't those my lines?"

However, hearing this, Director Zhang suddenly let out a cold laugh and said:

"Hmm... the fox's tail is finally showing."

Immediately after, Director Zhang glanced at Police officers present.

"Haven't you always been curious why these people are spreading black scale disease?"

"Now they are already impatient to profit from it."

Hearing Director Zhang's words, Liang Yuzhu was stunned.

Having already understood something, she pointed out:

"Director Zhang, do you mean that this medicine is not some fake medicine made temporarily, but was premeditated?"

"Then that means the people selling the medicine and the people spreading the virus are the same group?!"

As Liang Yuzhu's words fell, Police officers in the conference room also reacted.

Thinking of how this black scale disease had caused many citizens to become infected or fall into panic.

Police officers immediately became somewhat agitated, all wanting to conduct an investigation.

"This is just speculation for now, and in my opinion, it's hard to say if this special medicine can cure it."

"If the efficacy is only limited to inhibiting and alleviating symptoms, they can make citizens continuously pay."

"This is no different from addiction, except that citizens are forced..."

Director Zhang analyzed the situation, then looked at Liang Yuzhu and instructed:

"Okay, you take some people to conduct an on-site investigation first."

"Carefully investigate the pharmaceutical company behind this and how this special medicine was developed."

"When the project for this medicine was initiated, these are key points to investigate."

"I will also verify the specific situation with relevant departments."

"Without further delay, set off quickly." Director Zhang finished giving the task instructions.

Liang Yuzhu also responded loudly and then led the team to investigate.

...

"Hey, Hey, Yue Ge, did you see?"

Li Haoyang, who was slacking off opposite Su Yue's workstation, raised his phone and said to Su Yue:

"A report suddenly came out today, saying there seems to be a special medicine for black scale disease!"

Hearing Li Haoyang's words, Su Yue pretended to be slightly surprised on the surface, but he had already expected it in his heart.

After all, he had heard Lin Jia talk about it last night, that there was already a channel to buy special medicine in the wealthy circle.

That group of people had also entered the next step of their plan, and it was only a matter of time before they pushed the medicine to the public.

Su Yue and Li Haoyang looked at the report for a couple of seconds, and then a familiar figure came into view.

The middle-aged man on the screen was extending his arm and showing it to the camera.

That smiling face, wasn't it the Director of the Market Department.

"Wow, our Director is on the news!"

Li Haoyang looked at the Director in the camera and couldn't help but laugh.

This commotion also alerted other colleagues in the office area, who all saw the news.

"It really is the Director. Is he trying the medicine in the hospital?"

"Listening to his description, this medicine seems to be quite effective..."

"If that's the case, won't the Director be back soon?"

"Oh no, we just got a few peaceful days without the Director supervising and urging us, and it's already coming to an end?"

Although there was a wail in the office area, the Market Department's group chat was a different scene.

Colleagues were flooding the group with messages, saying they saw the Director on the news.

Complimenting him on being quite photogenic and wishing him a speedy recovery, and so on.

And the Director, who was isolated in the hospital, looked at these messages in the group and his face blossomed with joy.

Just then, Li Haoyang asked an original question.

"Director, where did you get this special medicine? Was it provided by the hospital?"

"No." The Director was in a good mood and quickly replied:

"They said it was a joint effort by some pharmaceutical companies, and they launched a special medicine."

"I tried it out of curiosity and paid for it myself."

"Although a tube of this ointment is not cheap, the efficacy is indeed good."

The Director responded in the department group and also revealed the selling price of this tube of ointment.

Su Yue looked at the message sent by the Director. The price of this tube of ointment was already over a hundred.

However, after seeing this number, Su Yue recalled the conversation he had with Lin Jia.

It seemed that in high society, the money they spent on buying special medicine was not on the same level as this at all.

"This price is much lower than what Lin Jia described," Su Yue secretly speculated in his heart.

That group of people was so ruthless, yet they made the price of the medicine so different from the price circulating in the wealthy circle?

They couldn't possibly be doing it out of kindness to make it affordable for ordinary people.

There must be another motive behind this... Perhaps the efficacy is not the same?

As Su Yue thought about this, his gaze couldn't help but fall on the circulating medicine.

They can spread black scale disease and also develop a medicine to inhibit it.

They must have a laboratory studying the pathogen in secret, and it is still in operation.

The clues currently available, the latest intelligence, are also pointing to Norman Pharmaceuticals.

Now, Liang Yuzhu's side should also have learned about the special medicine and taken action.

"Phew, it's really stuffy in the office. I'm going to get some fresh air."

Su Yue said to Li Haoyang, then turned and went to the stairwell, standing by the window.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Old Sha again.

"How's the investigation going?" Currently, Old Sha and Liang Yuzhu's team are all looking for the whereabouts of that group of Fat Bears.

The reason Su Yue is asking Old Sha for information is that, compared to Liang Yuzhu, Old Sha, who has no official status, is easier to control.

Soon, Old Sha replied with a message:

"Officer Liang's side hasn't had any movement yet. They probably haven't found them."

"None of our brothers have seen that group of Fat Bears recently, and we still don't know where Xiao Long is."

Su Yue saw the message Old Sha sent back. These situations were within his expectations.

Now that the stage of spreading black scale disease is over, that group of people has already gone into hiding.

And given their previous attire in protective suits, Su Yue judged that these Fat Bears might be members of the team that developed the special medicine.

They are now hiding without a trace, most likely hidden in the laboratory that is researching black scale disease.

Thinking of this, Su Yue immediately provided Old Sha with a new clue: "Norman Pharmaceuticals, go check it out."

"See if there are any suspicious places around the production site of this pharmaceutical factory."

Old Sha never asked many questions and responded readily:

"Alright, I'll go wander around there now."

...

"Welcome, what can I help you with?"

In a pharmacy, the customers buying medicine were slightly crowded.

Liang Yuzhu entered with a few police officers and asked the store clerk:

"Do you have any special medicine for black scale disease here?"

The store clerk looked at Liang Yuzhu's police uniform and immediately nodded honestly.

Then, with an embarrassed expression, she pointed to a row of empty shelves behind her and said, "Sorry, Officer, we still had some just now."

"The last tube... was bought by that customer."

The female store clerk pointed to a customer who was just about to leave by the door. Seeing this, Liang Yuzhu walked straight up and patted the person's shoulder.

Then she indicated that she wanted to see the bag in his hand.

"Hey, what are you doing? Trying to snatch the medicine?"

Hearing this, Zhao Hu forced a smile and tried to appease him from the side: "Don't worry, we're just investigating. We'll give it back to you after we've looked."

Liang Yuzhu's movements were swift. She took out the special ointment from inside and checked the manufacturer.

Looking at the line of small text on it, Liang Yuzhu muttered softly while remembering it: "Kangrong Pharmaceutical?"

"Have you heard of this pharmaceutical factory?" Liang Yuzhu turned and asked Police officers.

"Liang Team, if I remember correctly, this should be an old pharmaceutical factory in the City that's almost going out of business."

"Could it be that they developed the special medicine for black scale disease this time? That's unlikely..."

Liang Yuzhu secretly made a note and immediately said: "Let's go, let's take a look."

And before leaving, Liang Yuzhu put the ointment from the medicine box back into the plastic bag and asked the customer:

"Do you still need this medicine box?"

Seeing this, the customer also understood what Liang Yuzhu meant and wisely shook his head.

Liang Yuzhu then took the medicine box and went to search according to the address written on the packaging box.

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